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Travels with Minna and Godfrey in Many Lands from the Journals of the Author: The Rhine, Nassau, and Baden
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Smith Elder & Co, 1830. 1st edition, 12mo, 336pp, line illustrations; grey/black blind decorated cloth, lettered and ecorated gilt at spine, mild overall rubbing with some diminution of definition and lustre to spine gilt but still pretty respectable example for nearly 200 years; who Minna and Godfrey were is anybody's guess, the publishers or the authors reluctant to reveal. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49026
- Title
- Travels with Minna and Godfrey in Many Lands from the Journals of the Author: The Rhine, Nassau, and Baden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smith Elder & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Travel & Exploration, Europe, Holland, Germany
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe;
Terms of Sale
Roger Lucas Booksellers
It has always been our policy over 25 years to offer decent books in good shape at sane prices. In the unlikely eventuality that something is not as described return within 7 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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